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...people or ooze charisma like a Bill Clinton. He is attractive, though not in a classic way. His strikingly deep-set eyes underscore his drive and intensity. And his pronounced chin once moved the New York Times to comment, "His jaw actually juts." Spitzer has a cheeky sense of humor. (At the Institutional Investor magazine awards dinner for market analysts in November, he opened his speech by saying, "It is wonderful to be here this evening, because I really want to put faces to all those e-mails.") His competitive streak makes him a formidable foe. "Debating with Eliot Spitzer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Eliot Spitzer: Wall Street's Top Cop | 12/30/2002 | See Source »

...come to when they need their homework checked or pears sliced. He pays the bills, fixes meals, sets the alarm clock and does the Christmas shopping. They've collaborated every year of their 22-year marriage on the homemade Christmas card. She does the drawings; he does the deadpan humor...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Coleen Rowley: The Special Agent | 12/30/2002 | See Source »

Instead, we do all we can to downplay the slave-driving, self-denying, stultifying, I-feel-my-sense-of-humor-dying dimension of the Harvard experience. No sex in the Ivy League, they say? Radcliffe Union of Students hosts a dildo party every year. All work and no play? We run naked around the Yard twice a year (even if only to jazz us up for finals). Just a bunch of goody-two-shoes valedictorians? So what, we all pee on John Harvard before we graduate...

Author: By Blake Jennelle, | Title: Till Finals Do Us Part | 12/18/2002 | See Source »

...quiet and listen to me” atmosphere prevents students from enjoying the time spent in the uncomfortable Science Center seats. Students should also take the initiative, recognizing that lectures are much more fun when you sit with your friends. Section leaders should add humor and food to their classes to make them feel more like conversations and debates with friends and colleagues than 15 students simultaneously striving for validation from their...

Author: By Judd B. Kessler, | Title: Blending Work and Play | 12/17/2002 | See Source »

Friday’s talk marked the fourth year of the Institute of Politics humor series. The goal of the series, according to Weiner, is to explore the role of political humor in contemporary culture...

Author: By Jyothi L. Ramakrishnan, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Daily Show Travels to the ARCO Forum | 12/16/2002 | See Source »

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